Well today is the day! It's about two hours from my interview and I'm just about ready to slam down a mountain dew, take my morning pills and hop into the shower in preparation to don the 'monkey suit' again. I think Tens is going to want to get a picture of it so I'll be sure we post it later on this afternoon.

Last night I spent several hours reviewing several web sites that had the infamous 100 questions an interviewer may ask. I'm a little tired as I'm not quite used to being up this early but I feel I'm about as prepared as I can get for the interview.

I know a lot of folks out there have been hoping and wishing me luck for this interview, and I just wanted to thank all of you before I even get started. Everyone's encouragement and belief in my abilities have been a tremendous support that is worth more than any of your will likely ever know. My claws are crossed and I'll spin the tale of the interview sometime this afternoon.

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Well the interview went well. I was interrogated in a round robin style by the director of IT, his assistant and the Vice president of the college. I of course got the usual questions like tell me about yourself.. about my accomplishments in IT and so on.

During the interview I projected and smile and spoke to each person and the group in whole as I answered each question. As the interview progressed their were lots of smiles and even a few laughs going around the table. I backed up each one of my statements with real world examples from my life demonstrating my team work skills, how I've worked though some difficult situations with co workers and of course customers.

Their biggest concern was the fact that I've been out of the industry for nearly seven years, and that is a perfectly reasonable concern. I did impress them with my knowledge of Linux and of the general services required to operate a network.

Somewhere in the middle of the interview the Vice President asked if I wasn't selected for the position I applied for if I would be interested in a lower level one than network tech III (he hinted at Tech II). Of course I said I would be very interested.

The very last question they asked was from the Vice President. "What does your bumper sticker say?" *chuckles* First time for that one, so I talked about what I call the "Make it Work Foundation" and compared it to McGuyver's Phoenix foundation and my love for just getting things working properly again. That one brought a couple of chuckles from the group.

As the interview was mostly over I asked a few questions about the network and the technology used on campus, why they choose some solutions rather than others and so on to show a level of interest and to let them know that I wasn't afraid of the technology they were using.

All and all I feel that I had the interview pocketed, the only glitch seemed to be my lack of current experience, thou I stressed that I'm a quick learner. The Vice President himself even complimented me by saying that I interviewed very well and I was told that I should hear something by the end of next week or the beginning of the next at the latest.

If I were to grade myself on the interview I think I would have pulled a 65% to 75%, which is what i estimate my chances are of getting the position. Considering I don't know any of the other applicants (Or even if their are any) I think that's very good sign. All in all, theirs very little I think that I could have done differently, so I'm happy with my presentation.

So, lets all keep our claws and paws crossed that is was enough!